The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-01-15
Cleaned From all Parts of the State .

John NJ. Wilson was executed at Norristown
Thursday.
Lancaster has another national bank with a
capital OF S2OO,OOO
| After four years confinement, Jos. Streeper,
| of POttsyillc, died Sunday.
The Sons of America at Ashland, have COM
menced the erection of new hall
Benjamin Rooney, scissor grinder, was
killed on the railroad at Catawssa Tuesday.
Robert McGeOrge, of Enon Valley, was at
tackled and dangerously wounded by tramps re-
Gently.
The Wilkesbarre BARRIERS have entered into
an agreement to keep their shops closed on
Sundays
The latest sensation in Nantlcoke, Llizerne
county,isa "woman in black" who scares belated
pedestrians -.,.
Mrs. Brady aged seventy years, was run
over and killed by train conducted by her son
at Shamokin recently.
A Lancaster county man died recently from
an oyer'indulgence in whisky Must be bad
"stulf in that section.
Daniel Miller who was shot by Howard Med
lar, at Mahanoy City a few weeks ago, died of
his injuries last week.
The McKeesport Galvanizing Works were
destroyed by fire Monday, Loss, S5O,OOO; fully
built at once
A cahoose on the Wilmington and Northern
Railroad north of West Chester, caught on fire
and was destroyed along with two men who
were burned to cinGers
William Evans, aged forty years, employed
in planng mill at Rohersburg, Bradford coun-
ty, was caught in the machinery and instantly
killed on Saturday night
--,IampS Houston. npp1 typn v.eiN wars a,,,
ploycd at the Cuyler COlliery, near Shenandoah,
was instantly killed Friday afternoon. Houston
was only recently married.
The Italian who was stabbed at HarieIgh
Luzerne county, recently is lying at the point of
death. His assailant has been arrested and
lodged in Jail TO await the result of the formers
iniuiies.
Governor PattisOn has appointed Lewis
Moses sheriff of Chester county to on the yacan-
cy caused by the death of Benjamin Trey who
was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad several
weeks ago.
Fannie BARCLAY. of Pittsburg, died recently
Previous 80 her death she had dream in which
she saw pictured her dead body lying in a beau
tful casket amid flowers and surrounded by sor-
rowing friends
The merchants OF Nanticoke are in active re-
volt against the Central Railroad Company be-
cause OF a peculiar method of running trains on
the NanticolIo branch, which causes the mer-
chants n monthly loss of sixteen hundred dollars
An Individual named Nathan severely i'm
posed upon the knd-heaTted residents OF Norris
town recently. lie skipped by The light of the
moon" leaving bills amounting TO several hun
dred dollars unpaid, and now. benevolent citizens
of that town cry for gore, . .. . g..
"A Philadelphia miser, named Perry, sup
4 q L.. o tn,.a
death - his miserable lodgings recently. A COM
panion, miserable as himself, was found frozen
with him. Death was due to the combined eff
fects Of hunger and cold ,..
The Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY has
completed thirty-two freight locomotives, weigh
ing sixty tons each. They vii! haul forty-nye
loaded cars each, against thiry-nyc ears by loco
motives now in use. As soon rs the bridges
have been strengthened sufficiently to acconmo.
pate them the new locomotives will be put In use
One hundred and fOrty-four dynamite cart
ridges exploded in shanty on some vacant lots
ON 10Th street. Philadelphia One man was
blown nifty feet and killed. The cause of the eX-
plOsion Is unknown. Thousands of window
sashes were shattered and panic followed
among the people living In the neighbOrhood.
The shock was felt in Germantown, AIanayunk,
Norristown and adjoining towns .
The Northampton county auditors ilnd that
the new rule for keeping a strict account of the
time Of service of witnesses works we'll. For
the first thee months in 1886 the costs 10 the
county were in round figures sI.2OO Then the
new rule went into effect and In the second
quarter the cOunty's costs were about 500 I'm
the third quarter about $3.50 and ln the last
quarter about 5000; a total OF about 81 40 for
pine months against si,9oO for the FIRST three
months. There is nothing like strict business
principles for promoting the efficiency of Inc
public service